Clever TITLE here The Octavia Art Gallery currently exhibits two artists: Regina Scully and Iva Gueorguieva. Regina Scully’s works consisted of acrylics of an abstract nature. The use of various vibrant colours in her works, as well as their abstract and subjective essence, made them fascinating to behold. Her work reminded me of Kandinsky’s. I could have spent close to an hour fully examining and exploring her many works in the Gallery. Conversely, I would and did spend minimal time observing Regina Scully’s works, which consisted of various media and always included some form of paper glued or somehow fixed onto a larger mass of work. While I adored Scully’s works, Gueorguieva’s pieces appeared underwhelming, and, quite frankly, reminiscent
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Upon walking into the Gallery, we realized we had walked in through the wrong door and observed some lovely photographs that, for quite some time, had me convinced they were in fact expertly painted landscapes. Upon realizing our mistake, we headed into the actual Gallery, which currently displays Saucedo’s work of pop art and other miscellaneous pieces. I particularly enjoyed his work, which consisted of international editions of famous comic books as well as local favourites like “El Super Ratón” from, I imagine, somewhere in Latin America. These cover pages of comic books then had circles cut out from their centres, which Saucedo replaced with a circle or a series of concentric circles of other comic books as well as occasional maps of the world, parts of the world, or other geographical symbols. This particular series of works appealed to me because it represented a confluence of my interests: comic books, international themes and cultural comparisons, and diplomacy (the title of his pieces began with “Comic Book Diplomacy”). His pieces also included a variety of paintings of water bottles and cups and an installation of a water bottle functioning as either a buoy or an anchor. They were aesthetically pleasing, if conceptually confusing and vague. Azaceta’s works generally consisted of bright colours in abstract geometric patterns that I …show more content…
Of all the paintings available, I actually enjoyed Billy. The work, a portrait of an individual who I assume is Billy, employs the same outlandish neon-like colours, however, it also utilizes more subdued whites and dark purples and light beiges that balance out the bright neon colours, making the composition appear more balanced and subdued than some of the others. I image this is why I enjoyed this particular portrait and not the others. The lines created by his hair draw the viewer’s eyes down to his eyebrows, that concentrate you on the ridge of his nose and then further downward to his lips, which shine due to the combination of the dark purple and the white. His eyes, too, draw the viewer’s attention. The portrait has a vertical line formed by his nose, his neck, and his jacket that splits it in half, creating a sense of asymmetry between both sides. Everything, from his hair, his eyebrows, his cheekbones, to his collar points the viewer to the bisecting line. Billy also has his hand curled into a fist, with his fingers coloured purple and red, perhaps demonstrating a recent
Upon walking into the Gallery, we realized we had walked in through the wrong door and observed some lovely photographs that, for quite some time, had me convinced they were in fact expertly painted landscapes. Upon realizing our mistake, we headed into the actual Gallery, which currently displays Saucedo’s work of pop art and other miscellaneous pieces. I particularly enjoyed his work, which consisted of international editions of famous comic books as well as local favourites like “El Super Ratón” from, I imagine, somewhere in Latin America. These cover pages of comic books then had circles cut out from their centres, which Saucedo replaced with a circle or a series of concentric circles of other comic books as well as occasional maps of the world, parts of the world, or other geographical symbols. This particular series of works appealed to me because it represented a confluence of my interests: comic books, international themes and cultural comparisons, and diplomacy (the title of his pieces began with “Comic Book Diplomacy”). His pieces also included a variety of paintings of water bottles and cups and an installation of a water bottle functioning as either a buoy or an anchor. They were aesthetically pleasing, if conceptually confusing and vague. Azaceta’s works generally consisted of bright colours in abstract geometric patterns that I …show more content…
Of all the paintings available, I actually enjoyed Billy. The work, a portrait of an individual who I assume is Billy, employs the same outlandish neon-like colours, however, it also utilizes more subdued whites and dark purples and light beiges that balance out the bright neon colours, making the composition appear more balanced and subdued than some of the others. I image this is why I enjoyed this particular portrait and not the others. The lines created by his hair draw the viewer’s eyes down to his eyebrows, that concentrate you on the ridge of his nose and then further downward to his lips, which shine due to the combination of the dark purple and the white. His eyes, too, draw the viewer’s attention. The portrait has a vertical line formed by his nose, his neck, and his jacket that splits it in half, creating a sense of asymmetry between both sides. Everything, from his hair, his eyebrows, his cheekbones, to his collar points the viewer to the bisecting line. Billy also has his hand curled into a fist, with his fingers coloured purple and red, perhaps demonstrating a recent